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shinydanJust an excuse to mention my favourite short verse of all time. (1) It's very silly, and has none of the deeper meaning or profundity of Stu's choice.
Jabberwocky has always stuck in my head. Yes, I know Carroll was a mathematician and quite profoundly strange, and the poem means absolutely nothing. If I must confess it, my favourite poet is Sylvia Plath, and you can't get further away from Jabberwocky than her without rocket boosters. But that poem up there has a wonderful flow and invention, unmatched except for Gerald Manley Hopkins and others who I'm sure you'll tell me about.
I must read more poetry...
Please, if you read this and like the idea, post some details about your favourite poems followed by this line.
shinyDan
(1) My favourite long verse is The Wife Of Bath's Tale. Yes, it's not really English. And?
Jabberwocky has always stuck in my head. Yes, I know Carroll was a mathematician and quite profoundly strange, and the poem means absolutely nothing. If I must confess it, my favourite poet is Sylvia Plath, and you can't get further away from Jabberwocky than her without rocket boosters. But that poem up there has a wonderful flow and invention, unmatched except for Gerald Manley Hopkins and others who I'm sure you'll tell me about.
I must read more poetry...
Please, if you read this and like the idea, post some details about your favourite poems followed by this line.
shinyDan
(1) My favourite long verse is The Wife Of Bath's Tale. Yes, it's not really English. And?
John Hegley
Date: 2005-10-27 11:18 pm (UTC)Who entered a three legged race
He wasn't too fast
In fact he came last
Because he was a bag of oven ready chips.
xx